What weapon light are you using on your AR15?

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Although I have lights on several of my ARs... This is my actual home D selection. Solarforce/Cree 1 mode on an 11.5" Colt commando barrel. Any home defense scenario is by default tactical and therefore a lightmounted long gun is the wise man's choice. :twothumbs

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TLR-1 with a Tango Down Vertical Fore Grip and the Streamlight remote tape switch.



And if you're interested, here's the rest of my setup. Note the YHM flash hider has been replaced with the AAC Ranger II suppressor.

 
How robust is the attachment method of the tape switch to the TLR unit? I've had experience with the XM07 Surefire tape switch and it's ridiculously tough to plug in or remove (which is good retention!). I've seen cheapo units that are basically a headphone stereo-type plug-in which isn't very secure. I haven't seen tape switches in person for the TLR so I was curious how robust they are.

sed6 said:
TLR-1 with a Tango Down Vertical Fore Grip and the Streamlight remote tape switch.



And if you're interested, here's the rest of my setup. Note the YHM flash hider has been replaced with the AAC Ranger II suppressor.

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DM51 said:
[radar] PING... [/radar]

Perhaps you should leave pronouncements on such matters to those who have experience of them...
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victory said:
Not sure what you're getting at. Have fun there, submarine commander.
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The "PING" was a rather oblique way of indicating to you that you have made an appearance on my radar, following your somewhat abrasive posts here.

The second part was just some advice for you, unconnected to the first part.
 
DM51 said:
The "PING" was a rather oblique way of indicating to you that you have made an appearance on my radar, following your somewhat abrasive posts here.

The second part was just some advice for you, unconnected to the first part.
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oh...when was it that I sent you my resume? I mean I know moderators can see more things than the average user, but I didn't expect the the new version of VB allowed you to be omniscient.
 
Justin Case said:
Sonar pings. Radar does not.
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You are obviously unacquainted with SF idiom.

victory said:
oh...when was it that I sent you my resume?
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You have posted sufficiently uninspiring information elsewhere.

victory said:
Go easy on him, his expertise clearly only deals with the visual spectrum.
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If you continue in this vein, you are very likely to experience concrete evidence of other areas of CPF staff expertise.
 
Your chest beating has detracted more from this thread than any of my incremental deviation from the topic. Congratulations.

Anyway, back on topic:

Cesium, The surefire tape switch is alright, but there's a lot of issues with tape switches in general, even the ones that plug in securely.

Seds setup looks like the routing is decent enough to prevent most accidental snags, but i'd like to see how close that wire gets to the barrel. I have no idea how heat resistant streamlight insulation is. I've handled some incredibly hot AR's in training and i'd hate to do a heavy range day just to find my tape switch is shorted. I've heard of melted wire casings after just a few high round count drills even with quality switches.

I've also had problems with the contacts in the switch itself on tape switches from manufacturers of reputable quality causing flickering lights. There is also the risk of accidental activation and difficulties when using your off hand inherent with the positioning of the switch.

Personally, it's why i don't use them.
 
I'm working with several set up right now on different rigs. Mostly Surefire 950 series and a couple Scouts. I'm starting to like the Scouts a bit more with the throw levers available and the new mount from Gear Sector. I need to start looking into the mods for the P60/61 lamps to boost the lumen output on the 950 series. Anyone know a good spot to pick up a 200 lumen LED head for the Scouts? KX2C I think?
 
Short Thread Jack

Anto nice stick, no irons yet & what have you got on the front end of the T1/H1?

tffrost I'm with you on Jason's new Scout mount, have one on my mini Scout, waiting to see what feedback you get re. more lumens w/ a replacement head.
I also have a 9 series SF light that could use a lumen upgrade or maybe needs to be sold & replaced w/ another Scout. Like plan B here the more I think about it.
 
Re: Short Thread Jack

Thanks, stupid CA does not allow for me to have an SBR, so I went with a 13.7" barrel with a permanently attached Noveske KX3. I'm saving up for Troy irons or maybe the MBUS2's when they come out.
The front end is the killflash, the optic is actually a Primary Arms T1 clone, it's been working fairly well. They've gotten some good reviews on arfcom & calguns so I decided to try one out. Only $130 with a QD mount & killflash.



Agile54 said:
Anto nice stick, no irons yet & what have you got on the front end of the T1/H1?

tffrost I'm with you on Jason's new Scout mount, have one on my mini Scout, waiting to see what feedback you get re. more lumens w/ a replacement head.
I also have a 9 series SF light that could use a lumen upgrade or maybe needs to be sold & replaced w/ another Scout. Like plan B here the more I think about it.
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I just went down staris and looked over my weapon lights for the ARs and such. I have 6 -Surefire 950 series, 3 -960 series, 3 - Scout 600 series, 1 - Scout 300, 1 - X200, 1 - X200, and 3 - E2D series in weapon mounts. All these have various heads, switches, and mounts. All the lamps are Surefire so I too think that it is time to start looking for lamp upgrades. This is actually why I jump on board here. I also have a Streamlight TLR-1 C4 with the pressure switch option that mounts on a rail. I just sold an X-200 for $100 to start upgrading. I will say that I believe I may be a Surefire whore and would pick up more if they weren't so pricey ( or I had more $$$)
 
tffrost said:
I just went down staris and looked over my weapon lights for the ARs and such. I have 6 -Surefire 950 series, 3 -960 series, 3 - Scout 600 series, 1 - Scout 300, 1 - X200, 1 - X200, and 3 - E2D series in weapon mounts.
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If would be cool to see some photos of your WeaponLights please 🙂

When you write "950" series do you mean the generic Classic Universal WeaponLight such as the model "950-05" that comes without any mount?
And by "960" series do you mean a 9V version of the Classic M4/AR15 carbine barrel mounted (ahead of the front sight) models such as the 960 (4" remote tape switch), or the 960S (4" remote tape switch and disable flag switch) ?

I believe you're actually referring to Millennium Series M95 and M96 models.
(none of which have a "0" specifying the mount type, if anything 'M95x' would be better, although redundant)

The "M" is important for the ScoutLights as well - M600 and M300 series.
 
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